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RefNoACS/1/2/2/754
AltRefNo832
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to P. F. Rowell [Esquire]
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date8 November 1927
DescriptionAcknowledges receipt of previous letter. Notices that he used the word "replica portrait", explaining that the word "replica" should be carefully used as amongst artists, the word is employed to mean a copy made by the original artist himself. The preferred term is "copy", "facsimile", or "reproduction", explaining they have got themselved into trouble with Sir William Orpen, painter of the portrait of John Ambrose Fleming.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7145Fleming; Sir; John Ambrose (1849 - 1945); electrical engineer and university teacher1849 - 1945
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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